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Comparative Evaluation of Cell Block Method and Smear Cytology in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Intra-abdominal Mass Lesions.
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an easy, rapid, and less hazardous tool to diagnose the intra-abdominal lesions with various imaging modalities adding to its sensitivity and accuracy. However, sometimes it does not yield adequate information for precise diagnosis and the risk of false-negative and indeterminate diagnosis is always present. Cellblock preparations may be particularly helpful in such problematic cases. The current study aimed atevaluating and comparing the cytological as well as histopathological features of different intra-abdominal mass lesions. METHODS: Image-guided FNAC followed by cell block were performed on 167 patients from June 2012 to May 2013. Histologically correlated 111 cases were evaluated. Results of conventional smear, cell block, and combination of FNAC with cell block were compared with histopathological findings regarding diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of diagnosis. RESULTS: Cell block was more specific to diagnose these lesions than FNAC (95.49% versus 90.09%). Combined application of cell block with FNAC was more specific (96.39%) than cell block alone with 100% diagnostic accuracy. CONCLUSION: Application of a combination of cell block with FNAC was more useful to diagnose intra-abdominal mass lesions.
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“This high sensitivity might be associated with the fact that cell blocks offer better cellular morphology than smear cytology [32].”
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“This result is similar to that of a study conducted to evaluate the performance of cell block, which showed a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 96.39% in intra-abdominal mass lesions.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bhowmik, S., Chakrabarti, I., Ghosh, P., Bera, P., & Banik, T.
- Affiliations
- West Bengal University of Health Sciences (IN)
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- ORCID
- Indranil Chakrabarti
- Venue
- Iranian Journal of Pathology
- Publisher
- Farname, Inc.
- Published
- 2018-04-01
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 179-187
- ISSN
- 1735-5303 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6339483
- OpenAlex
- W2897430331
- Semantic Scholar
- e770d96bccafce0cf77fc55e1f08def99aa73633
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Iranian journal of pathology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Keywords
- cell block, fine needle aspiration cytology, smear cytology, diagnostic accuracy, histopathological correlation, sensitivity and specificity
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